I think at this point my biggest weakness is my lack of thoroughness. I am teaching what I know, but because I am so familiar with the topic there are things that I can just breeze right over which may be essential to the students learning and not even realize that the student may not have collected, or even had the opportunity to collect, all the necessary information they need to have a full understanding of a concept or an idea. I also need to work on displaying to the students why we may be learning or discussing a certain topic. In my head, I know why a topic needs to be learned. I think I can not truly become a great or thorough teacher until I discover ways to help the student also understand why a topic needs to be learned.
One of my great strengths to this point, in my opinion, is that I am able to spot whether or not the class is understanding what I am saying to them. I don't think they are afraid to ask questions, and that helps make my job much easier. But, as I mentioned before, I feel that if I were more thorough than I could reduce the questions and have the opportunity to increase class time. Not that I don't want them to ask questions. I just think that if I got all the details straight the first time, then more time could be spent on keeping the rest of the class on task.
One of my great strengths to this point, in my opinion, is that I am able to spot whether or not the class is understanding what I am saying to them. I don't think they are afraid to ask questions, and that helps make my job much easier. But, as I mentioned before, I feel that if I were more thorough than I could reduce the questions and have the opportunity to increase class time. Not that I don't want them to ask questions. I just think that if I got all the details straight the first time, then more time could be spent on keeping the rest of the class on task.